Cranberry Orange Bread Recipe

Cranberry Orange Bread Recipe

This recipe makes a rich, moist, beautiful fall bread that smells heavenly while baking. Sink your into teeth into this delicious recipe for a new twist on your baking bread- Cranberry Orange Bread Recipe!

Several ingredients will be required for this recipe, but I guarantee it will be worth it!

INGREDIENTS FOR CRANBERRY ORANGE BREAD

2 cups all purpose flour

½ cup granulated sugar

½ cup brown sugar, firmly packed

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

½ teaspoon ground ginger

½ teaspoon ground nutmeg

1 ½ teaspoons baking powder

½ teaspoon baking soda

¾ teaspoon salt

½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract

¼ cup butter, cut into small pieces

1 cup orange juice (with pulp or pulp free)

1 Tablespoon grated orange zest

1 large egg, beaten

1 ¾ cups fresh cranberries, chopped (or frozen)

INGREDIENTS FOR GLAZE (OPTIONAL)

1 cup powdered sugar

1 ½-2 Tablespoons orange juice (pulp free)

1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

DIRECTIONS FOR CRANBERRY ORANGE BREAD

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 8 ½ by4 ½ inch loaf pan.

2. In a large mixing bowl, add the flour, sugars, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Mix together.

3. Add the butter pieces to the dry ingredients and stir until combined.

4. Add the vanilla extract, orange juice, orange zest and beaten egg. Mix well.

5. Gently fold in the cranberries.

6. Spoon batter into greased and floured loaf pan.

7. Bake in a preheated 350 degrees oven for 50-60 minutes or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.

8. Place pan on a wire rack to cool for 10 minutes

9. Remove bread from pan and cool completely on wire rack

10. Add glaze (optional) and ENJOY!

DIRECTIONS FOR ORANGE VANILLA GLAZE

1. In a medium bowl, combine powdered sugar, orange juice and vanilla.

2. With an electric mixer, whip on high speed until smooth.

3. Pour over the cranberry orange bread.

**For 6 jumbo muffins, bake for 30 minutes. For regular size muffins, bake for 20-22 minutes.

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